Barbara Allen Chords by Pete Seeger

Barbara Allen.
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_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] Sweet William came from the [Bb] West Country _ and he [Gm] courted Barbara [Bb] Allen.
_ He [F] sent his servant unto [Bb] her to the place where she [F] was _ dwellin'.
[Eb] My master's sick, bids [Bb] me call for you, if [F] your name be [Gm] Barbara [Bb] Allen.
_ _ [F] Well, slowly, slowly got [Bb] she up, _ and slowly went [F] she nigh him. _
[Eb] But all she said [Bb] as she passed his bed, _ young man [Gm] I think [F] you're dyin'.
_ He turned his pale face to [Bb] the wall and [Gm] busted out [F] a cryin'.
[Bb] Adieu, adieu, my dear friends all, be kind to Barbara Allen.
_ _ [F] Well, lightly tripped she down the [Bb] stairs, she heard those church bells [F] tollin'.
[Bb] And each bell seemed to say as it tolled, hard-hearted [F] Barbara [Bb] Allen.
_ _ _ And she [F] looked east and she looked west, she [Gm] seen his pale [F] corpse a-comin'.
[Eb] Lay down, lay down [Bb] that corpse of clay, _ [Gm] that I may _ look [Bb] upon him.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Oh, mother, mother, [Eb] go [Bb] make my bed, go make it long [F] and narrow.
_ [Bb] Sweet William died for [F] me [Bb] today, _ I'll die for [F] him tomorrow.
[Bb] _ _ They [F] buried sweet William in the old [Bb] churchyard. _
_ [F] _ They buried Barbara beside him, _ [Eb] out of his grave grew a red, red [Bb] rose. _ _
[Gm] And out of hers [F] _ [Bb] a briar.
They [F] grew and grew up the [Bb] old church wall, _ till they could grow [F] no higher.
And [Eb] at the top, wind in a [Bb] lover's knot, _ the red [Gm] rose and _
[F] the [Bb] briar. _ _ _ _
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